fagging Meaning & Definition
Phonetic codes: F AE1 G IH0 NG
What Does Fagging Mean?
Fagging is used as a verb meaning present participle and gerund of fag. As a noun, it means The system in boarding schools whereby younger students acted as servants for older students (potentially in a sexual or abusive way). As a noun, it means The system in boarding schools whereby younger students acted as servants for older students.
Fagging Definition (Verb)
- present participle and gerund of fag
Fagging as a Noun
- The system in boarding schools whereby younger students acted as servants for older students (potentially in a sexual or abusive way).
Verb
- (used mainly in passive form) To make exhausted, tired out.
- To droop; to tire.
- For a younger student to act as a servant for senior students in many British boarding schools.
- To have (a younger student) act as a servant in this way.
- To work hard, especially on menial chores.
Noun
- The system in boarding schools whereby younger students acted as servants for older students.
Synonyms of Fagging
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Fagging synonyms and antonyms →Antonyms of Fagging
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Fagging in a Sentence
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Word Forms & Grammar
fagging
fagging (countable and uncountable, plural faggings)